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House Carpenter [Unreleased, Self Portrait] – Bob Dylan
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Bob Dylan
House Carpenter [Unreleased , Self Portrait] (1970)
(Traditional, arr. Dylan)
From: "The Bootleg Series Vol. 10: Another Self Portrait (1969-1971)"
The whole song consists of a G chord basically; the vocal notes are
sometimes doubled by the guitar, however, creating the G7, G/E etc. shapes.
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
G7 3-x-3-0-0-3
G/F x-x-3-0-0-3
G/E x-x-2-0-0-3
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INTRO
| G |
VERSE 1
G
Well met, well met, my own true love
G G7 G
Well met, well met, cried she
G
I've just returned from the salt, salt sea
G [G]
And it's all for the sake of thee
INTERLUDE
| G | % | % | % |
| G | G/F | G/E | G |
VERSE 2
G
I could have married a King's daughter there
G G7 G
She would have married me
G G7 G
Then I have refused that crown of gold
G
And it's all for the sake of thee
VERSE 3
G
If you could have married a King's daughter there
G
I'm sure you are to blame
G G7 G
For I am married to a house carpenter
G [G]
And he is a fine young man
INTERLUDE
| G |
| G | % | % | % |
| G | % | % | % |
VERSE 4
G G7 G
If you forsake your house carpenter
G G7 G
And fly away with me
G
I'll take you to where the grass grows green
D C G D
On the banks of sweet Willie [?]
VERSE 5
G
If I forsake my house carpenter
G G7 G
And fly away with thee
G G7 G
What have you got to maintain me upon
G
And keep me from slavery
VERSE 6
G G7 G
I've six ships sailing on the salt sea
G G7 G
Sailing from dry land
G G7 G
And a hundred and twenty jolly young men
G G7 G
Shall be at your command
INTERLUDE
| G |
| G | % | % | % |
| G | % | % | % |
VERSE 7
G G7 G
She picked up her poor little babe
G
Her kisses were one, two, three
G G7 G
And as she trod upon her way
G G7 G
And shone like a glittering tree
VERSE 8
G G7 G
They had not been at sea two weeks
G G7 G
I'm sure it was not three
G
When this poor maid began to cry
G G7 G
And she wept most bitterly
INTERLUDE
| G | G7 | G | % |
| G | G7 | G | % |
| G | G7 | G | % |
| G | G7 | G | % |
VERSE 9
G G7 G
Oh do you weep for your gold, he said
G G7 G
Your houses, your land or your store?
G G7 G
Or do you weep for your house carpenter
G G7 G
The one you’ll never see anymore
G G7 G
The one you’ll never see anymore
VERSE 10
G G7 G
I do not weep for my gold, she said
G G7 G
My houses, my land or my store
G G7 G
But I do weep for my poor little babe
G
That I never shall see anymore
INTERLUDE
| G | G7 | G | % |
VERSE 11
G G7 G
They had not been at sea three weeks
G G7 G
I'm sure it was not four
G G7 G
When in their ship there sprang a great leak
G
And she sank to rise no more
G G7 G
No, she sank to rise no more
VERSE 12
G G7 G
Farewell farewell, my own true love
G G7 G
Farewell farewell, cried she
G G7 G
I could have deserted my house carpenter
G
And grave them [?] in the depths of the sea
G G7 G
For a grave in the depths of the sea.
INTERLUDE
| G | G7 | G | % |
| G | G7 | G | % |
| G | G7 | G | % |
| G | G7 | G | % |
VERSE 13 (= verse 1)
G G7
Well met, well met, my own true love
G G7 G
Well met, well met, cried she
G
I've just returned from the salt, salt sea
G [break] G
And it's all for the sake of thee